Railroad-rail-fastening device.



No. 724,064. PATENTED MAR. 31. 1903.

- A. VOGELSANG.

RAILROAD RAIL FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15. 1902.

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UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

ADOLF VOGELSANG, OF DUSSELDORF, GERMANY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 724,064, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed November 15. 1902. Serial No. 131,592. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ADOLF VOGELSANG, a subject of the King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Dusseldorf, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German'Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Rail-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to an improved fastening for holding down railway-rails on their sleepers, more particularly sleepers consisting of cement blocks, without the employment of bolts, spikes, or the like; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a cheap construction enabling the track to be readily laid with the greatest security andadmitting of repairs being undertaken and new rails substituted for worn-outones without any difficulties and without injuring or damaging thereby any of the parts constituting the novel device; second, to obtain and insure at the same time a rigid connection between the two rails forming the track. I attain these objects by the mechanism or devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i V Figure 1 is a cross-section of a railsecured to the supporting-block by my new device, taken on the line A A of Fig. 2, which is a plan view of Fig. 1, the head of the rail beingremoved. Fig. 3 is across-section corresponding to Fig. 1, drawn to a smaller scale, showing the whole breadth of the track. Figs. 4 to S are detail views to be hereinafter referred to. Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a modified construction of the holddown iron or plate which I employ. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of arail secured by the aid of the iron shown in Fig. 9.

In the construction shown in the drawings the foot of the rail a on the one side of the web is held down by a hook d on a band 0, which surrounds the cement block I), here forming the sleeper. The band 0, with hook d, is shown separatelyin Fig. 4. On the opposite side of the web the rail-foot is held to the block by the hooks e, formed on the U- shaped iron orplate f. (Shown separately in Fig. 5.) The plate f is inserted below the foot of the rail from the outside and is connected to the corresponding plate f of the opposite rail g of the track (see Fig. 3) by means of an iron bar it of inverted-U or channel section, A portion of the bar his shown in perspective in Fig. 6. The connection is such that the vertical downwardly bent or hooked end '5 of the bar it passes through a slot in the plate fand bears laterally against the block b.

In order that the tie-bar may secure the rails with thorough rigidity, an angle-iron is (shown in perspective in Fig. 7) is inserted between the tongue orhook i and the body of the bar hand secured by a pin Z (shown in perfspectivein Fig. 8) to the flanges or side walls of the bar h. r 1

As already mentioned, the construction above described is only one of the many forms of theinvention which maybe adopted. Thus withoutdeparting from the feature of the inc blocks of cement or the'like are employed.

The'other members of the device-such as the U-shaped plate f, the tie-bar h, and the stilifeners 7c-likewise may be greatly varied in form without departing thereby from the essential features of my invention. Thus Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate a modified form of the plate f, according to which the hooks e of the said plate, onto the end or bridge-piece of which is hu'ng'the hookedend iof the tiebar h, are prolonged upward so as to reach the head of the rail. They thus form a support, counteracting the tendency of the tires of the wheels to force the head of the rail outward: The foot of' the rail a is in this case held down on the inside by a hook d and on the outside by the books or claws e of the U- shaped plate shown in Fig. 9, over the bridgepiece f of which the hook i of thetie-bar h grips. The books e run upwardly and laterally, and their ends butt against the under side of the head of the rail a." They thus steady the latter by presenting a support A thereto and form .a means which effectually opposes the forces tending to drive the head of the rail out of the line of the track.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a railway-rail-fastening device, of longitudinal or block sleepers having hooks or claws cl, attached thereto for holding down the inside foot of the rail, plates f, inserted between the foot of the rail and the said sleeper and having hooks or claws e, to hold down the outside foot of the rail and a tie-bar h, having a vertical tongue '11, at each end to be passed through a slot in the said plates arranged below the rails forming the track so as to rigidly connect said rails.

The combination, in a railway-rail-fastening device, of longitudinal or block sleepers having bands embracing saii'lsleepers and provided with hooks or claws (l, for holding down the inside foot of the rail, plates f, inserted between the foot of the rail and the said sleeper and having hooks or claws e, to hold down the outside foot of the rail and a tie-bar h, having a vertical tongue 2', at each end to be passed through a slot in the said plates arranged below the rails forming the track so as to rigidly connect said rails, essentially as set forth.

3. In a railway-raibfastening device, the combination of longitudinal or block sleepers having hooks or claws (I, attached thereto for holding down the inside foot of the rail, U- shaped claw-plates f, inserted between the foot of the rail and the said sleeper and hav ing hooks or claws e, to hold down the outside foot of the rail and a tie-bar it, having a vertical tongue 1', at each end to be passed through a slot in the said plates arranged below the rails forming the track so as to rigidly connect said rails, substantially as described.

4. In a railway-fastening device, the combination of longitudinal or block sleepers having bands embracing said sleepers and pro vided with hooks or claws cl, for holding down the inside foot of the rail, platesf, inserted between the foot of the rail and the said sleeper and having hooks or claws c, to hold down the outside foot of the rail and a tie-bar 71, having a vertical tongue 2', at each end to be passed through a slot in the said plates arranged below the rails forming the track so as to rigidly connect said rails, substantially as shown.

5. The tie-bar it, having a vertical tongue i, at each end of such length as to widely bear against the opposite surfaces of the sleepers to afford a rigid structure.

6. In combination, a tie-ba r h having an in? verted-U section and a tongue ll, and a stiff ener is adapted to be inserted between the tongue 2' and the side walls of the bar, substantially as described.

7. In combination, a stiffener 70 having a vertical cross portion and two angular flanges projecting therefrom, a tie bar having a tongue 2' and vertical longitudinal flanges, and a pin for connecting the stiffener and tiebar, said pin passing through holes in the flanges of said parts, substantially as de scribed.

S. The combination, in a railway-rail-fasteuing device, of longitudinal or block sleepers having books or claws (I, attached thereto for holding down the inside foot of the rail, plates f, inserted between the foot of the rail and the said sleeper and having hooks or claws e, to hold down the outside foot of the rail, said hooks or claws extending laterally upward so as to support the head of the rail, and a tie-bar 71,, having a vertical tongue 11, at each end to be passed through a slot in the said plates arranged below the rails forming the track so as to rigidly connect said rails, essentially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF VOGELSANG.

Witnesses:

PETER LIEBER, WILLIAM ESSENWEIN. 

